Letters to the Editor – The Durango Herald

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‘Gladly pay 5 cents’ for stronger bag

I recently returned from Oregon, where for 5 (5!) cents you can get a heavy duty grocery bag that advertises 125-plus uses before recycling. I would gladly pay 5 cents or more for a bag that...

DATE: Nov 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Marie Curie’ compelling, engaging

I just attended the performance of “The Half-Life of Marie Curie” by the Merely Players. The two-person cast of Maureen May as Sarah Choszczyk and Hertha Ayrton as Marie Curie was simply mag...

DATE: Nov 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

DHS’ ‘Anastasia’ superb

I recently attended a production of “Anastasia,” performed by the Durango High School Troupe 1096. It rates five stars! The actors, singing, stage props, lighting, etcetera –superb and thoro...

DATE: Nov 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Turner’s congrats letter ‘matters’

Thank you, Jack Turner, for your gracious letter to the editor, congratulating your opponents and wishing them success. It matters. Kim Martin Hesperus ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Inverted-U bike racks way to go

The recent article in The Durango Herald on soaring bicycle thefts in Durango mentions bike racks only in passing. Bike theft is largely a crime of opportunity. Strong bike locks such a Kry...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Take cleanup to ‘next level’

I read with amusement Jason Mietchen’s letter regarding the City Council members’ responsibility to personally pay for the Purple Cliffs cleanup. I think he should take his efforts to the ne...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Travel with carbon monoxide detector

Tourists have been found mysteriously dead in their hotel rooms while on vacation. This could have been avoided by packing a new carbon monoxide detector with a new battery in their travel b...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

'Kudos’ for picking up poop

As a day custodian at Needham Elementary School for most of this first two-plus months of school, it's been part of my responsibility to help maintain the grounds. As many may know, our grou...

DATE: Nov 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Humbled, honored by support’

Thank you to all who voted in La Plata County for the professional roles, of which the county treasurer is one. I am honored to serve another four years in this role. I have, and will contin...

DATE: Nov 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Anybody else upset' about cleanup?

It is going to cost La Plata County and Durango taxpayers $374,241 to clean up trash at Purple Cliffs. Is anybody else upset about the waste? Why are taxpayers being forced to pay for the mi...

DATE: Nov 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Amending easements ‘break promise’

In regard to the news story on Sept. 9 in The Durango Herald about the potential for e-bikes in Horse Gulch, they are not allowed. Conservation easements have been around for at least 130 ye...

DATE: Nov 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Useless drivel, petty piety’

Single-use plastic grocery bag fees. It's all hoodwinking. Oddly, you can go into any large outlet and grab as many cases of water, bottled in plastic, wrapped in plastic – all single use – ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor